Patient photos personalize imaging exams, affect radiologists’ approach to reading

December 3, 2008 DiagnosticImaging.com. Patient photos personalize imaging exams, affect radiologists’ approach to reading By David Ma Including a patient's photo with imaging exam results produces a psychological boost that leads radiologists to take a more personal, emphatic approach to interpretation, according an Israeli study presented Tuesday at the 2008 RSNA meeting. "Faces are special," said Dr. Yehonatan N. Turner, M.D., the lead author and a radiology resident at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem, during a news conference. "Research has shown that primates perceive faces differently than they perceive other objects."

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